Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11653
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2251 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 2251 DEB
International designator: 1993-036JT
Object number (NORAD): 34056
Object ID (CCSDS): 34056
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.48 minutes
Inclination: 74.0582 deg
SMA: 7206.89 km
Apoapsis: 924.377 km
Periapsis: 733.133 km
RAAN: 100.006 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0132681
Argument of periapsis: 201.5274 deg
Mean anomaly: 184.1077 deg
Mean motion: 14.18995254 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002385 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0010579 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 2:31 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 8:51 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34056U 93036JT 25131.86927125 .00002385 00000-0 10579-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 34056 74.0582 100.0060 0132681 201.5274 184.1077 14.18995254833623
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite. Destroyed in a collision with Iridium 33.
COSMOS 2251 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 16, 1993, 4:17 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 16, 1993, 4:17 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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